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A 74-year-old female with acute cerebral infarction was treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. Subsequent percutaneous transfemoral angiography and mechanical thrombectomy were performed due to a right middle cerebral artery occlusion, which was successfully recanalized. Two days after treatment, the patient complained of vague right abdominal pain and a laboratory test showed anemia. Abdominal computed tomography showed a right renal subcapsular hematoma. After conservative management, the patient was discharged without complications. We report a rare complication after intravenous thrombolysis in a patient with acute cerebral infarction.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Abdominal Pain , Anemia , Angiography , Cerebral Infarction , Hematoma , Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery , Thrombectomy , Tissue Plasminogen ActivatorABSTRACT
Paciente masculino de 65 años de edad, con antecedentes de habérsele colocado stent coronario y tratamiento antiagregante plaquetario con Aspirina® y Clopidogrel®. A los 21 días comenzó a presentar dolor en el flanco y la fosa ilíaca derechos, náuseas y vómitos. En el examen físico inicial se detectó dolor y aumento de volumen en las zonas referidas y los signos vitales normales. El ultrasonido abdominal reveló colección perirrenal derecha bien delimitada y riñones de tamaño y ecoestructura normal. La tomografía axial computarizada evidenció la presencia de una imagen renal subcapsular derecha, con densidades de líquido, con compresión extrínseca de un riñón estructuralmente normal. Al día siguiente del ingreso comenzó a presentar fiebre de 38 ºC. Se suspendió el tratamiento antiagregante plaquetario y a los 7 días se realizó lumbotomía y drenaje del hematoma; se obtuvo alrededor de 400 mL de sangre carmelitosa. El paciente evolucionó satisfactoriamente. Se concluye que el hematoma renal subcapsular espontáneo es una complicación inusual del uso de antiagregantes plaquetarios que necesita manejo multidisciplinario. La tomografía axial computarizada es indispensable para el diagnóstico imagenológico de certeza. La compresión renal por su gran tamaño, así como el dolor y la aparición de fiebre, justifican su drenaje quirúrgico.
A case of a 65 year-old male patient with a history of having received a coronary stent and antiplatelet therapy with Aspirin® and Clopidogrel® is presented here. He complained of pain in the right flank and iliac fossa nausea and vomiting 21 days after the procedure. At initial physical examination, normal vital signs but pain and increased volume in the aforementioned areas were detected. Abdominal ultrasound revealed well defined right perirenal collection and normal size kidneys and echotexture. Computed tomography showed the presence of a right subcapsular renal image with liquid density and extrinsic compression of a structurally normal kidney. The day after admission the patient ran a fever of 38 ºC. Antiplatelet therapy was discontinued and lumbotomy and drainage of the hematoma was performed 7 days latter; about 400 mL of brownish blood was obtained. The patient progressed satisfactorily. It is concluded that spontaneous subcapsular renal hematoma is a rare complication of antiplatelet requiring multidisciplinary management.Computed tomography imaging is required for diagnosis. The renal compression due to its large size as well as pain and fever, justify their surgical drainage.
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Humans , Male , Aged , Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/administration & dosage , Myocardial Ischemia/diagnosis , Tomography, Spiral Computed/methods , Hypertension/diagnosis , KidneyABSTRACT
Spontaneous renal subcapsular hematoma is a rare, life-threatening condition that is usually caused by benign and malignant renal tumors, vascular diseases, inflammatory disorders, blood dyscrasias, and seldom suspected clinically. The characteristic clinical features are abdominal pain, a mass in the flank and signs of internal bleeding. Severe preeclampsia is also a major contributing factor of the renal hematoma. Because renal function is decreased in spontaneous renal subcapsular hematoma, physicians should be aware of the clinical symptoms and signs, appropriate investigation and management may be life-saving. This case of spontaneous renal subcapsular hematoma and acute renal failure complicated by severe preeclampsia, which occurred after delivery and was treated conservatively.
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Female , Pregnancy , Abdominal Pain , Acute Kidney Injury , Cesarean Section , Hematoma , Hemorrhage , Pre-Eclampsia , Vascular DiseasesABSTRACT
This paper described 8 patients in whom a spontaneeus renal subeapsular hematoma devel-oped.Two cases with systemic hypertension by the mechanism described by Page were observed.The diagnosis was confirmed by CT and ultrasound,and the patients were treated by means of the hematoma aspiration guided by uttrasound,8 cases were cured.The blood presure in 2 patients with Page's kidney was dropped to normal.No relapse was dernon,vtrated by follLw-up.Author reconlmend this treatment in such cases based on uhrasound and CT finding that rule OUt underlying pathological changes.